by hello again, a couple of weeks ago i posted a message to this (these)
groups on a problem i am having with my mouse in X ie., it is bouncing
all over the place, making it very difficult to use.
thanks to the people who replied. however, i still havent managed to sort
the problem out. the responses can be summarised as follows:
1. i may have a port conflict.
i'm pretty sure i don't though - would'nt the mouse freeze up completely
if this was the case?
2. my microsoft mouse uses the "ps/2" protocol
i'm not so sure on this one - the mouse plugs into the serial port. if it
used the ps/2 protocol, would it not plug into a ps/2 port? anyway, have
tried substituting "ps/2" into the XF86config file, and there is no
improvement. also, have tried another mouse which i know works in X on a
different machine, and it does the same thing (the other machine has
a viper pci card in it, rather than a stealth 64)
3. several people had the same or similar problems and also needed an
answer.
having played around alot since then, i have discovered more about the
problem. it seems that the cursor moves much more predictably from
left to right across the screen, and from top to bottom. the reverse
directions are alot more touchy.
below are my XF86config file, and the startup message i get from X.
once again, if anyone can help i would be truly grateful.
thanks
andrew swan
ps. the kernel is 1.2.13, the machine is a pentium 100, the graphics card
should be obvious from what follows...
# **********************************************************************
# Files section. This allows default font and rgb paths to be set
# **********************************************************************
Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
EndSection
# **********************************************************************
# Server flags section.
# **********************************************************************
Section "ServerFlags"
# NoTrapSignals
# DontZap
# DontZoom
EndSection
# **********************************************************************
# Input devices
# **********************************************************************
# **********************************************************************
# Keyboard section
# **********************************************************************
Section "Keyboard"
Protocol "Standard"
# Protocol "Xqueue"
# AutoRepeat 500 5
# ServerNumLock
# Xleds 1 2 3
# LeftAlt Meta
# RightAlt ModeShift
# RightCtl Compose
# ScrollLock ModeLock
EndSection
# **********************************************************************
# Pointer section
# **********************************************************************
Section "Pointer"
Protocol "Microsoft"
Device "/dev/mouse"
# Protocol "Xqueue"
# BaudRate 9600
# SampleRate 150
# Emulate3Buttons
# Emulate3Timeout 50
# ChordMiddle
EndSection
# **********************************************************************
# Monitor section
# **********************************************************************
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "OSD 17"
Bandwidth 100
HorizSync 30-64 # multisync
VertRefresh 50-90 # multisync
ModeLine "640x480" 25 640 664 760 800 480 491 493 525
ModeLine "800x600" 50 800 856 976 1040 600 637 643 666 +hsync +vsync
ModeLine "1024x768" 72 1024 1056 1192 1280 768 770 776 806 -hsync
-vsync
ModeLine "1280x1024i" 75 1280 13122 1525 1576 1024 1028 1034 1080
Interlace
EndSection
# **********************************************************************
# Graphics device section
# **********************************************************************
Section "Device"
Identifier "Stealth 64 DRAM"
Chipset "mmio_928"
EndSection
# **********************************************************************
# Screen sections
# **********************************************************************
Section "Screen"
Driver "Accel"
Device "Stealth 64 DRAM"
Monitor "OSD 17"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
Virtual 1024 768
EndSubsection
EndSection
--------------------------------------------------------------------
XFree86 Version 3.1.2 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6000)
Operating System: Linux
Configured drivers:
S3: accelerated server for S3 graphics adaptors (Patchlevel 0)
mmio_928, s3_generic
(using VT number 7)
XF86Config: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config
(**) stands for supplied, (--) stands for probed/default values
(**) Mouse: type: Microsoft, device: /dev/mouse, baudrate: 1200
(**) S3: Graphics device ID: "Stealth 64 DRAM"
(**) S3: Monitor ID: "OSD 17"
(**) FontPath set to
"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/X11R
6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X1
1/fonts/100dpi/"
pe1/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/us
r/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
(--) S3: card type: PCI
(--) S3: chipset: Trio64 rev. 101
(**) S3: chipset driver: mmio_928
(--) S3: videoram: 2048k
(--) S3: Ramdac type: s3_trio64
(--) S3: Ramdac speed: 135
(--) S3: Using Trio32/64 programmable clock (MCLK 59.957 MHz)
(--) S3: Maximum allowed dot-clock: 80.000 MHz
(**) S3: Mode "1024x768": mode clock = 72.000
(**) S3: Mode "800x600": mode clock = 50.000
(**) S3: Mode "640x480": mode clock = 25.000
(**) S3: Using 16 bpp. Color weight: 565
(**) S3: Virtual resolution set to 1024x768